SOUTH KOREA CULTURAL HISTORY BETWEEN 1960S AND 201215 Mi Sook PARK University of Sheffield School of East Asian Studies Sheffield, UK
[email protected] Abstract: This paper examines the development of South Korean cultural policy from the 1970s to the present. It contextualises South Korean state, culture and its cultural policy within the framework of state developmentalism, so as to understand their dynamics and relationships. A detailed analysis of how the national cultural policy is interpreted and implemented through institutional practices, historically and in its contemporary context shall be made. Key words: Cultural Policy, developmentalism, South Korea, Hallyu 1960 년대부터 2012 년 기간의 한국의 문화정책 초록: 본 논문은 1970 년부터 현재까지 한국의 문화정책에 관해 분석하였다. 국가발전주의 입장에서 문화정책이 어떻게 실행, 적용되었는지를 각 정권별로 문화정책과 기관을 통해 살펴 보았다. 이런 결과 문화정책은 박정희 정부에서부터 새마을 운동과 같은 근대화 운동을 비롯해 아시아 금융위기 이후 새로운 경제성장의 동력으로 연계되어 있는 것을 나타났다. 15 This paper prepared and edited from my PhD thesis -How “Hallyu” outcome in Asia since the early of 2000s- for the Second International Conference on Korean Humanities and Social Sciences - Language, Literature, Culture and Translation in Adam Mickiewicz University in Poland, 7th to 8th July 2014 71 International Journal of Korean Humanities and Social Sciences, vol. 1/2015 키워드: 문화정책, 발전주의, 한국, 한류 1. Overview This paper examines the development of South Korean cultural policy from the 1970s to the Lee Myoungbak government. It contextualises South Korean state, culture and its cultural policy within the frame- work of state developmentalism, so as to understand their dynamics and relationships. A detailed analysis of how the national cultural policy is interpreted and implemented through institutional practices, historically and in its contemporary context shall be made.